Battle of Fallen Timbers

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Fallen Timbers was the decisive 1794 clash near present-day Toledo, Ohio, in which U.S. forces under General Anthony Wayne defeated a confederation of Native American tribes, leading to the Treaty of Greenville and opening much of the Northwest Territory to American settlement.

Aliases (2)

Battle of the Maumee ×1
Battle of the Miami Towns ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military conflict →
alsoKnownAs	Battle of the Maumee Rapids →
associatedWith	Anthony Wayne → Northwest Territory → United States expansion into the Old Northwest →
belligerent	United States → Western Confederacy →
combatant	Chippewa (Ojibwe) → Delaware (Lenape) → Miami → Mingo → Ottawa → Potawatomi → Shawnee → United States Army → Wyandot → confederation of Native American tribes →
commandedBy	Anthony Wayne →
commander	Anthony Wayne → Blue Jacket → Little Turtle → Tarhe →
conflictOf	Northwest Indian War →
consequence	Native American land cessions in present-day Ohio → Treaty of Greenville (1795) → opening of much of the Northwest Territory to American settlement →
country	United States →
date	1794-08-20 →
followedBy	Treaty of Greenville →
historicalEra	early United States frontier period → post–American Revolutionary War period →
location	Northwest Territory → near present-day Toledo, Ohio →
namedAfter	fallen trees from a tornado or storm at the battle site →
near	Fort Miami (British fort) → Maumee River →
partOf	Northwest Indian War →
precededBy	St. Clair's Defeat →
result	decisive United States victory →
significance	decisive battle of the Northwest Indian War → reduced British influence among Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory → secured U.S. control of most of present-day Ohio →
treaty	Treaty of Greenville →
U.S.forceNickname	Legion of the United States →
year	1794 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anthony Wayne → Blue Jacket → Little Turtle's War → Northwest Indian War → Northwest Indian War ("Battle of the Maumee") → Northwest Indian War ("Battle of the Miami Towns") →	notableBattle
Northwest Indian Confederacy → Territory Northwest of the River Ohio →	significantEvent
Battle of the Wabash →	followedBy
Miami tribe →	participatedIn
Treaty of Greenville →	precededByEvent